HMS Minotaur

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Royal Navy warship ship of the line

HMS Minotaur was a British Royal Navy ship of the line best known for her distinguished service in major late 18th-century naval battles against France, including the Battle of the Nile.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Navy warship → ship of the line →
armament	74 guns →
battleHonour	Copenhagen 1801 → Nile 1798 → Trafalgar 1805 →
builtAt	Woolwich Dockyard →
causeOfLoss	grounding in a storm →
class	74-gun third-rate ship of the line →
commandedBy	Charles John Moore Mansfield → Thomas Louis →
conflict	French Revolutionary Wars → Napoleonic Wars →
constructionMaterial	wood →
country	Kingdom of Great Britain →
crewComplement	approximately 600 men →
crewRole	line-of-battle ship in fleet actions →
dateOfWreck	22 December 1810 →
era	Age of Sail →
fate	wrecked →
flag	White Ensign →
flagshipOf	Rear-Admiral Thomas Louis →
launched	1793 →
locationOfOperation	Mediterranean Sea → North Sea →
namedAfter	Minotaur →
namesakeOrigin	Greek mythology →
nationality	British →
navalFleet	British Mediterranean Fleet →
notability	distinguished service in late 18th-century naval battles against France →
notableEngagement	Battle of Copenhagen (1801) → Battle of Trafalgar → Battle of the Nile →
operator	Royal Navy →
participatedIn	Battle of Copenhagen (1801) → Battle of Trafalgar → Battle of the Nile → blockade of the French coast → operations in the Mediterranean Sea →
placeOfWreck	near Texel → off the coast of the Netherlands →
propulsion	sail →
rate	third rate →
serviceBranch	Royal Navy →
serviceEnd	1810 →
serviceStart	1793 →
type	ship of the line →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of the Nile →	notableShip